1 Kings 21:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² Then Jezabel his wife said to him: Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel. Arise, and eat bread, and be of good cheer, I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house. I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will give you its worth in money.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

Common English Bible

² Ahab ordered Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so it can become my vegetable garden, because it is right next to my palace. In exchange for it, I’ll give you an even better vineyard. Or if you prefer, I’ll pay you the price in silver.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Therefore, Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying: "Give your vineyard to me, so that I may make for myself a garden of herbs. For it is nearby and is beside my house. And I will give to you, in place of it, a better vineyard. Or if you consider it to be more convenient for you, I will give you the price in silver, whatever it is worth."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and adjoining to my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard. Or, if thou think it more convenient for thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

1 Kings 21:2 Cross References

Genesis 16:6

And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her its it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.

Genesis 3:6

And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.

1 Kings 21:3

So she wrote letter's in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

1 Kings 21:6

1 And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them:

2 Kings 9:27

2 And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said : Who is this? And two or three eunuchs bowed down to him.

Exodus 20:17

0 And Moses said to the people: Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.

Ecclesiastes 2:5

2 I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)

Song of Solomon 4:15

The keepers that go about the city found me: they struck me: and wounded me: the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Jeremiah 22:17

5 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Luke 12:15

3 The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.

Deuteronomy 11:10

5 And your hay out of the fields to feed your cattle, and that you may eat and be filled.

Deuteronomy 5:21

6 What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live?

1 Timothy 6:9

8 To do good, to be rich in good works, to give easily, to communicate to others,

1 Samuel 29:6

1 So David and his men arose in the night, that they might set forward in the morning, and returned to the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrahel.

1 Samuel 8:14

9 But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.

1 Samuel 8:6

1 And said: This will be the right of the king, that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make them his horsemen, and his running footmen to run before his chariots,